Founder Profile

Pew is an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by four generous and committed siblings. Learn more about one of our founders: Mary Ethel Pew.

Arts and culture enrich civic life, help inspire children to learn and create, and strengthen local economies.

Pew works with partners in Philadelphia and the surrounding region to support the performing and visual arts, museums and libraries, historic buildings and sites, and parks and gardens. Grants to artists as well as arts and cultural organizations are largely made through the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage.

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Philadelphia Research Initiative

Pew was founded in Philadelphia and we remain committed to the city, in part through the Philadelphia research initiative, which provides timely, impartial research and analysis to help Philadelphia’s citizens and leaders understand and address key...

Philadelphia, the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, is also Pew's hometown. Pew's commitment to the Philadelphia region reflects our significant historical ties to the city where our founders began their...